Annual changes in the winter song of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in Disko Bay, Western Greenland

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Tervo, Outi M ^a   Parks, Susan E ^b   Christoffersen, Mads Fage ^a   Miller, Lee A ^c   Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; SONG; WHALE; WINTER;

ARCTIC; DISKO BAY; GREENLAND;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE;

EID: 79960424249     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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